help reading placename please....

[maclennan25]

sorry everyone, i was asleep when your replies came through... 

it is ross & cromarty, but on the eastern side. - also, i have come to the conclusion that although they married there, it was probably only the name of the farm which is why i can't find it anywhere. i am reasonably local to the area myself (less than 20 miles or so) but even i didnt recognise it which is why i originally asked.

anyway to cut out the suspense any further, it should have been in the Kilmuir- Easter area (for those of you who don't know; between rosskeen and Logie-Easter...)

here is a larger attachment for you.

thanks for your help,
Lorna.


 

[Gadget]

Hi Lorna

The Groom was Tain and the T looks the same, so I'll have another look around the Tain area first. I'll check out her birth to see if that has any clues.

Gadget

[maclennan25]

hi gadget

she was born in Logie Easter....

her father Hugh Mcleod's occupation varies between general labourer and church officer depending on what cert/census you look at.

kind regards,
Lorna.

HELEN MACLEOD 
  Female   
 Birth:  10 AUG 1831   Logie-Easter, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
  Father:  HUGH MACLEOD   
  Mother:  MARGT. GORDON

[Gadget]

I've checked the parish that they were married in. It was Kilmiur Easter - - an area about 5 mls NE of Invergordon. Added - It includes Delny and Kildary. The parish is next to the parish of Fearn. If you notice there is a setlement called Fearn and Hill of Fearn just to the SE of Tain.

I noticed that the first letter, although at first glance looked like a T, on closer inspection it is written with the tail below the line on both instances of it. I think it is a house name in Fearn.

Gadget

[maclennan25]

thanks gadget

[Gadget]

Hi

My eyes are going squiffy looking at multimap. It might be worth going here:

the shrunk url link

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0m5/

and doing a trawl around.



Gadget

[maclennan25]

i tried multimap last night, and getamap, and old-maps.... not getting anywhere i'm afraid...

[Gadget]

It might be worth your while trying the Statistical Accounts for Kilmuir Easter:

http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public&

or  having a look at Electric Scotland:

http://www.electricscotland.com/

The Genuki pages for R & C are not very helpful.

If there was a church, it must have been a settlement of some kind.

Gadget

[Walt]

Hi Lorna
             If you go to the Ross & Cromarty Heritage Society site that you recommend then Pan-Ross,Heritage & place names.Then click on Kilmuir Easter one of the place names given is Tornabrock.Is that what your looking for ?can't find it on the map thought.
                                                  Walter